2. Background Material

   The review of independent submissions by the IESG was prescribed by
   RFC 2026 [1] section 4.2.3.  The procedure described in this document
   is compatible with that description.

   RFC 3710 [4] section 5.2.2 describes the spring 2003 review process
   (even though the RFC was published in 2004); with the publication of
   this document, the procedure described in RFC 3710 is no longer
   relevant to documents submitted via the RFC Editor.